COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2383, 16 July 1892, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS,

At the Aldington yards on Wednesday the weather was fine and the attendance good. Store Sheep—Less than COO sheep were yarded in the store pens, of which the following were sold :—Six and eight-tooth crossbred ewes at 17s Gd, aged ewes to lamb in August at 14s !)d. and small crossbred wethers at 12s Gd. A line of Chatham Island wethers, just off the steamer, brought 12s 10d." A line of merino wethers brought 5s 2d, and some ewes in lamb brought 8s Id. Fat Sheep—Under 5000 were yarded, of which there was a miscellaneous assortment, including some very prime heavy-weight crossbred wethers that realised from 23s to 24s Gd. and a large quantity of merino wethers of varied quality. Good freezers found purchasers at prices equal to last week's market, while there was a good demand for crossbred ewes and merino wethers of good quality. Ewes spld readily at from 17s to 20s 6d, and merino wethers at from 12s to 14s 9d, some second-raters being disposed of at from 7s yd to lis. The sale remained brisk all through «°nd all lines were eie/jred. Fat Cattle —About seventy head were yarded, of which there was a small proportion of really prime beef, the remainder being of see<ond quality. A £m steers sold at £8 10s to £lO ;}s, and some Jieifers at £6 10s to £7 12s Gd, but the bulk of the entry consisted of unfinished steers, heifers and cows, the prices for wliteh ranged from £3 10s to £5 10s. The i for really good steers and heifers was I in excess of the supply. Store and Dairy Cattle —The sale of j store and dairy cows was very Jjmited. '• Pigs—About 350 bacon pigs and j porker* met with a ready sale at full ; rates. DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the ' week ending Wednesday : Wheat—Good samples are scarce and easily placed. Prime milling at 3s j 7d to 3s 8d ; medium, 3s 3d to 3s 6d; fowls' wheat, good whole, 3s; medium : and broken, 2« to 2s 9d. Barley is in fair demand if good bright. Malting at from 4s to 4s 3d; j medium, 3s 3d to 3s Gd; milling wanted at from 3s 3d to 3s Gd; feed, J 2s to 2s 3d.

Oats—Good inquiry for all sorts. Prime milling, 2s to 2s Id; good to medium feed, Is 8d to Is lid ; inferior, Is 6d to Is 8d; all sacks extra, off trucks. Seed sorts, long and short, 2s to 2s 3d. Prime Nelson hops, Is. Linseed—£ll to £l3 (wanted). Potatoes—Glutted ; 25s to 30s, and no sale. Carrots —25s per ton, sacks extra. Onions—£s for best Melbourne. X>ig S —ln good demand, 150's to IGO's well killed, not too fat, 3£d to 3-|d; hams 5 ] 7d to bacon, 5d to 6d. Chaff— 3os to 45s ; tip-top is worth 555. Turnips—l6s to 17s 6d. Butter —Fresh, best, lid to Is; prime salt, lOd to Is—packages extra or returnable. Lard—sd. Honey—4|d. Beeswax— Is per lb. Cheese Factory, s£d to loaves, -?td more; best Akaroa, 4jd to 4^d; medium, 3f dto 4d ; loaves, |d more. Grass Seeds—Ryegrass, farmers', Is 9d to 2s 6d; machined, 3s 3d to 3s 9d ; Italian, 3s 9d to 4s Gd ; cocksfoot, 3£d to 4d. Sheepskins—At auction on Tuesday country dry crossbreds, inferior to medium, brought Is lOd to 3s 3d ; do do merino, Is 8d to 3s ; full woolled crossbreds, 4s 3d to 5s lid; do do merino, 3s 3d to 5s 3d; dry pelts, 2d . to Is Gd; butchers' green crossbreds —best, 4s to 4s 4d; choice, 4s 9d; medium to good, 3s to 3s lOd; green merinos—light, 2s 3d to 2s 8d ; best do, 2s 9d to 3s each. Prices were about the same as last week. Hides—A moderate demand exists for all sorts, while heavy hides have the most attention. Quotations for good-conditioned heavy weights (few of which come to market), to 3d ; medium, 2d to 3{d; light, to lfd; inferior, Id to per lb. Tallow—There is a very good demand for local consumption at prices in sympathy with ruling rates at Home. Quotations: Best rendered mutton, 19s to 20s; medium to good, 16s to 18s 6d ; inferior to medium, 13s to 15s ; best caul fat, 12s 6d to 13s ; inferior to medium and good, 9s to 12s per cwt. DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At the Burnside Market on Wednesday the following business was transacted:— Fat Cattle quality, with some odd exceptions, was only medium, and principally lightweights. Prices were without change for the better, some drafts showing a decline from last week. Best bullocks sold at £6 10s to £8 12s (Jd ; others, £4 to £6 ss; cows, £3 15s to £B. Fat Sheep—l 626 yarded. Of these, some 320 were merino wethers of medium quality, the rest about half and half crossbred ewes and wethers —useful mutton, and including a couple of pens of extra prime wethers, rejected at the freezing works as too heavy. These naturally brought high prices—l9s and 21s—but outside of these the market was about the same as last week as regards values. Best wethers brought 16s to 18s ; oxtra, 19s to 21s; ordinary wethers, 14s to los (3d; best crossbred ewes, 15s to 17s 6d; other ewes, lis Gd to 14s 6d; merino wethers, 8s to 12s Gd. Pigs —121 were penned, Prices all round showed a slight decline on those ruling lately, more particularly in respect to baconers. Suckers brought 8s to 10s 9d; the few stores offered, 17s to 20s; porkers up to 235; banners, 30s to 45s each. CHMSTCHtmCH CORN EXCHANGE. The following is the Corn Exchange report (per F, Denham, Secretary), for the week ending July 15th : Wheat —Shippers »f wheat on the water are quite dead, and holders of faulty in deep mourning, but there is " Baira in Gilead " for owners of sound hard wheat tlmt still keeps firm in price. Barley—Nothing doing. Oats —Good milling are in request tr, an advance, and duns are wanted at previous rajtes. Beans and Peas —Good samples are scarce, and saleable at quotations. Grass Seeds—A good. number of small lines have changed ] hands during the week, PotatoesSydney cable of Thursday shows a fall of 5s compared with last week, but adds market improving. We cannot staad much improvement of this sort. Butter mi cheese are in request. The following a?« prjpes paid to farmers, f.0.b... Lyttelton, phages fcxto, potatoes excepted : I Wheat «=- Pearl, 3s 8d ; tuscan, 3s 7d ; hunters, Bs 7&, Barley—Malting, 3s 9d, Oafs—Milling, Is lid. Beans—ss 2d. Blue peas, 3s 2d. Butter Fresh factory, Is id; farmers', lOd to lid. Gfcaese, 3£d jto sd. Coe!wfoot-2£d to 4d. Ryegrass, machined, iU lid, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN MARKETS. London. July 12. The Bank of proposed to the associated banks to m&k& cable charges on remittances optional with each bank, but the suggestion was unanimously rejected, and it is expected that the banfe wjH withdraw from the Association. July 13. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,072,000 quarters, and for the Continent 552,000 quartern. Colonial stocks are quoted— Dalgety and Co. at 109^; Australian and New Zealand Mortgage and Agency 4£ per cent., 100 ; New Zealand Trust and Loan 5 per cent., £25. At the wool sales competition continues brisk, and prices firm. The visible supply of wheat is 31,400,000 bushels. *